Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Join us at the Rio Theatre January 3 for screenings of George Lucas’ STAR WARS: Episodes I, II, and III. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is a young apprentice Jedi knight under the tutelage of Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) ; Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), who will later father Luke Skywalker and become known as Darth Vader, … Read more

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on Friday, August 12 with a screening of STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME, in tribute to the late, great actress Nichelle Nichols, who made history for her portrayal of Lieutenant Uhura in the beloved sci-fi franchise. Directed by Leonard Nimoy (Spock) and released in 1986 … Read more

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

“KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!” Logically, the Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues to boldly go where no other late night movie series goes with a  STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN on August 8. As Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Capt. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) monitor trainees at Starfleet Academy, another vessel from the United … Read more

Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory

“It explodes in the no-man’s land no picture ever dared cross before!” Adapting Humphrey Cobb‘s novel to the screen, director Stanley Kubrick and his collaborators Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson set out to make a devastating anti-war statement, and they succeeded above and beyond the call of duty. In the third year of World War … Read more

Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange

“No time for the old in-n-out, love, I’ve just come to read the meter.” Based on Anthony Burgess’s disturbing novel about England in the totalitarian future, director Stanley Kubrick‘s A CLOCKWORK ORANGE stars Malcolm McDowell as Alex, a Beethoven-loving, head-bashing punk who leads his gang of droogs on ultra-violent assaults–until he is captured by authorities … Read more

Stand By Me (40th Anniversary Restoration)

“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?” Decades after its release in 1986, Rob Reiner‘s STAND BY ME remains one of the most beloved film adaptations ever – and an enduring, nostalgic “end of summer” movie staple.  Based on prolific horror icon Stephen … Read more

Spy

One of the guys. One of the spies. Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Jude Law and Rose Byrne star in director Paul Feig’s (creator of TV’s FREAKS AND GEEKS and director of BRIDESMAIDS and the upcoming GHOSTBUSTERS reboot) latest summer blockbuster comedy, SPY, a film about a desk-bound CIA analyst (McCarthy, in one of her best … Read more

Spring Breakers

The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on March 20 with Harmony Korine‘s SPRING BREAKERS. Four frustrated college girlfriends (Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine) plot to fund their best spring break ever by burglarizing a fast-food shack. But that’s only the beginning. During a night of partying, the girls … Read more

Spotlight

The star-studded ensemble piece SPOTLIGHT shone at this year’s Academy Awards, winning both Best Picture and Best Screenplay. Based on the true story of the tenacious group of investigavtive journalists at The Boston Globe whose work blew the lid off of years of widespread sexual abuse cover-ups within the Roman Catholic Church, SPOTLIGHT’s top-notch cast … Read more

Split

James McAvoy stars in master storyteller M. Night Shyamalan‘s latest, SPLIT, an edge-of-your seat nailbiter that follows the intense (and to-be-expected – always twisting) story of three girls who are kidnapped by a man diagnosed with 23 unique, distinct personalities. Can they escape before the emergence of an even more frightening 24th personality? Also starring … Read more